'Diggy Raja, make Rahul's poll expenses public'

'Diggy Raja, make Rahul's poll expenses public'

Team Anna on Monday asked the Congress to make public expenses incurred for hiring choppers for the just-concluded assembly elections to five states, particularly for party chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul.

Anna Hazare and his close aide Arvind Kejriwal demanded that the expenses should be made public.

But their demands were rebuffed by All India Congress Committee general secretary Digvijay Singh, who said his party will "declare the expenses to the Election Commission and not to Arvind Kejriwal."

'We gave all details on our website'

"Elections (are) over. Diggy Raja (Digvijay Singh) should make Rahul's helicopter and party's other election expenses and sources public. Other parties should also do that," Kejriwal tweeted.

Kejriwal said Singh had repeatedly asked Team Anna to make public the money they collected and then spent on the Lokpal protest.

"We gave all details on our website, the list of donors, expenses etc. So, we want to know from Digvijay Singh, all Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, how much did they spend on helicopters and rallies. They should make their expenses public and put it on their websites," Kejriwal said.

'Expenses must be made public'

Hazare supported Kejriwal's view and said he found nothing wrong in his close aide's remarks.

"Expenses must be made public. If it is not your personal money, the details should be made public," he said.

In his tweets, Kejriwal said, "Why are parties hesitating in putting their expenses in public? Aren't they accountable to the public?"

Reacting to Singh's assertion that they will file the accounts with the Election Commission, Kejriwal said, "Diggy Raja is hiding behind the EC? Why (are they) afraid of public? Is Congress accountable to public?"